Toy gun assembly



July 27, 1948. D. wALLAcH TOY GUN ASSEMBLY Filed Nov, 1o, 1945 INVENTOR l frz/111g Wllaf/L -BY ATTORNEYS Patented July 27,1948

rror GUN ASSEMBLY rving D. Wallach, Port Washington, N. Y., ass igiior to Associated Develop'mhtand Research `@impor-ation, New York New York Y., a corporationof Application November 1o, 1945, serial No. 627,865

This invention relates to an improved toy gun or the like, in which a simulated bullet or other missile is propelled through the barrel by means of a compression spring.

It is a principal object of the invention to provide an improved, low cost toy simulating a high powered rifle.

It is an objectA of the invention to provide a toy simulating a rifle or other firearm, which has a minimum of machined parts and requires very few manufacturing or assembling operations.

It is another object of the invention to provide a toy of the class described, in which the stock is arranged for ease of manufacture, and which per se serves as the primary means for positioning and securing the barrel and trigger mechanism of the device.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved means for holding within the gun stock, the barrel and trigger mechanism of a toy gun.

It is another object of the invention to provide an improved gun stock, which is capable of mass production at-very low cost. l

It is a still `further objectof the invention t provide a toy gun having an improved trigger action. i

It is yet another object of the invention to'provide a toy gun which is capable of manufacture at low cost, but which willnevertheless be rugged.

and durable, and will have a long life ofsatisfactory performance despite rough or careless handling bythe child or other user.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter be apparent from the following detailed description of a typical and presently preferred form of the invention.

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Fig. l is a plan view, with a portion of the stock in section, of a device embodying the present invention; i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken in section on lines 2 2 of Fig. 1, the gun being in firing condition;

Fig. 3 is an 3-3 of Fig. 2;

end elevation, in section on lines Fig. 4 is an end elevation,A in section onY lines t ing operations.

s claims. (o1. 124-30) 2 equal and opposite half portions II and I2, mutually secured` in the assembled article, as by screws, nut and bolt assemblies i3, waterproof glue, or other fastening means. `The barrel I4 is preferably a metal `tube of suitable wall thickness, and projects rearwardly above the stock to simulate the breech block of a rifle. A suitable leaf sight I5 aids in the simulation of a genuine` iirearm.

Each half of the stock is roughly cut to shape, as in a bandsaw, and then the upper edge I6 is planed or sanded to provide a smooth, level surface which serves to gauge the other stock-form- By inverting each stock portion so that it is supportedby the edge I6 on a saw table or routing table, the stock memberI may be held or moved against a routing knife or` the like to mill along` its inner surface a semicircular slot i il, eventually to receive the barrel, and as such u in each stock portion at rightangles to the axis of the slot il, and subsequently a preferably triangular cavity i9 is provided, to accommodate trigger movement as later explained. Each stock portion may then be sanded to finished form.

i `The breech end of the barrel is provided with a closure plug 20 to a forwardly extending stud 22 of which is aflixed an end of a coil spring 23. The coil spring has an outside diameter to permit free but guided movementwithin the barrel I4 with minimum of backlash. The plug 20 may be secured to the end of the barrel as yby a rivet 24. The trigger block 25, see Fig. 6, is preferably a unitary metal structure having spaced parallel side wall portions 26 which merge into a longitudinal substantially circular passage 21,the inside diameter of which is equal to the outside diameter of the barrel.` Between the spaced side wall portions 26, there is'accommodated the cast or otherwise formed trigger 28, pivotallymounted therein as by a short pin orlshaft 29 passing through the opening 3U in the side walls of the block 25, and through an appropriate opening in the trigger. The trigger has upwardly extending arms as shown in Fig. 2, said arms, with the side walls of the block, providing a pocket within which is conned a coil spring orequivalent 32 `which urges the trigger into counterclockwise :rotation with respect to the block 25. The trigger has a catch-nose 33, the upper surface of which is sloping, as shown. A notch 34 is cut into the lower agencia 3 Wall of the barrel to permit the nose to enter thereinto.

In assembling the device, the trigger block 25 is slid over the end of the barrel to the proper position, and the trigger and associated spring inserted into the block through the bottom opening thereof and secured in position by the pin 29. Thereupon, by means of the locking screw 35, the trigger block may be tightened about the barrel of the gun to firmly and frictionally grip the same and hold it against lateral movement with respect to the trigger block. The sighting leaf I5, having peep holes 36, notches or other conventional sighting means is then slid over the end'of the barrel, there being a suitable aperture in the leaf I5 to permit such insertion, and positioned abutting the end Wall of the trigger block.

The barrel and trigger block assembly isl then placed within one of the half portions of the stock so that the barrel rests within the semi-circular slot ,I'l; the trigger block and sighting leaf asse'ir'rbly lit snugly within the pocket I8, the length ofthe pocket I8 being such as to snugly accom- Inodate the trigger block leaf assembly with minimum 'of play longitudinally of the stock.

The opposite half portion of the stock is placed in position,l and its semicircular groove il and pocket portion I8 complete the enclosure for the barrel and trigger block respectively. The fastening means I4 may then be made up and the devise'- is ready for the final painting or other finishing treatment.

The combination of the trigger block and stock aiord complete securement of the barrel Within the stock, and make unnecessary the employment of straps, lugs or other additional means to fasten the barrel and trigger assembly within the stock. Asalso. appears in Fig. 4, the side Walls of the stock confine the trigger pin 2-9. Thus, it is unnecessary otherwise to secure said pin.

Fig, 2' shows the toy in loadedl condition. As the trigger 23` is pulled, it rotates clockwise to a position Where the nose 33k releases the cylindrical projectile 4-0 which ispropelled by the expansion of the spring 23. When it is. desired to reload, a projectileis dropped into the muzzle of the gun, and it will drop. freely into the muzzle until it. comes againstthe sloping surface of thenose 33,

Which` reason of` the spring 32 has entered thel notch 3.1i, in. the barrel, It will be understood that it the 'expanded length of the springl 23..carries its free end beyond the trigger nose 33, the proiectileV will, come to rest against the endof the-spring, In either event, by a ramrod or the like (not shown)A inserted, into` the muzzle of the gun, the projectile can. bev pushed rearwardly against the resistance of spring 23, and the side Wall. of the projectile will. cam; against the sloping surface of trigger nose 33, rotating the trigger clockwise t0 a` point Where the projectile may pass over the trigger nose., As the forward end of the.

projectile moves to the rear of the trigger nose, spring 3 2 will rotate the trigger counterclockwise, snapping the nose portion 33 thereof against the endl ofthe projectile. The gun is thus primed inA iiring condition.

Itisto be understood that the diameter of the ramrod isv sufficiently smaller than the bore of themu-zzlerslo that theframrod will not interferev with the nose of the trigger in snapping over the end` of the projectile tov retain the same in i'lring positiony From the4 foregoing description, itis seen that the, present invention provides means 4whereby a toy simulating a, rifle may be made economically loV and with minimum of machined parts and elements requiring tap and die operations.

Although the invention has been described by making a fully detailed reference` to a certain presently preferred embodiment, such detail of description is to be understood in an instructive rather than a limiting sense, many changes being possible Within the scopeof thev claims hereto appended.

I claim:

1. A toy gun or the like, having a barrel, a trigger blocli'afxed thereto, land a stock comprising mutually secured mating half-portions, each said stockportion having a longitudinal groove to 'receive the barrel and a pocket intersecting said groove to receive the trigger block, and means forrsecuring said stock portions together to envel-op' and secure' said barrel and trigger block substantially immovably therein.

42. A. toy gun or the like, having a barrel, a trigger block clamped around thebarrel, and a stock comprising mutually secured mating half.- portions,v each said stock portion yhaving a longlf tudinal groove to receive the barrel and a pocket intersecting said groove to receive the trigger block, and means for securing said stock portions together to envelop and secure said barrel and trigger block substantially immovably therein,

3. A .toyV gun or the like, having a barrel, a trigger block llaving a substantially circular'passage receiving and secured about said barrel and spaced side walls confining trigger means, and a stock comprising mutually Secured mating halfportions, each said stock portion having, a longitudinal groove to receive` the vbarrel ,and a pocketcuring said stock'portions together yto envelopf and secure said barrel; and trigger block substan' tiall'y immovably therein.

5-.A toy gun or' the like, having a barrel,a triggerblock affixed thereto, anda stock com prisingmutually secured mating half-portions,

` each said stock portion being coniigurated on its inner surface to receive acne-half longitudinal section of the barrel Aand Ia one half portion of" thertrigger block and means' for securing said stock portions together to envelop and secure' said barrel and trigger blockv substantially 'im-y barrel and a onerhalfjportioii of the trigger block? and means for securing said stock portions tf1- gether to (envelop,V and, secure said barrel and trigger ,block substantially immovabl'y therein,

side Wall` members 'of said stock portions holding,

said trigger pin means against escape from said trigger block.

7. A toy gun or the like, having a, barrel, a trigger block aiiixed thereto, and a stock comprising mutually secured mating half-portions, each said stock portion having a longitudinal groove to receive the lbarrel and a pocket intersecting said groove to receive and overlie the side Wall of said trigger block over the full area thereof 'and means for securing said stock portions together to envelop and secure said barrel and trigger block substantially immovably therein.

8. A toy gun or the like comprising a Ibarrel, a trigger block aiixed thereto and pivotally mounting a trigger, a sloping catch-nose at an end of said trigger, said barrel having a notch to permit the entry of said catch nose into the interior of said barrel, spring means for urging 6 said trigger into rotation to normally `position said catch nose Within the barrel, and a stock enveloping said barrel and said trigger block.

` IRVING D. WALLACH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 194,690 Kirkbride Aug. 28, 1877 1,016,212 Clark Jan. 30, 1912 2,151,676 Appleby Mar. 28, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 399,297 France Apr. 17, 1909 

